Re: Constructive linguistics

Yep. :) Here in Nottingham Uni it's similar apart from the fact that
some one semester courses can be 15 or 20 credits if they involve more
work or lectures than other one semester courses. But basically that's
the idea: 10 credits is the most common for a one semester module, 20
for a two semester module, and 15 crops up occasionally as well (and
I've even seen one 5 credit module!). But mostly it's 10s or 20s... so
what I meant basically was a standard one semester long module on the
subject.

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> The subjects have different weightings, depending on the length of time
> and the amount of work involved. The exact weighting scheme differs
> between Unis in Melbourne so I don't know if I can generalise as far as
> Chris's experience, but one common scheme has 10 credit points for a
> light one-semester subject, 15 for a mid-to-heavy one-semester subject,
> and 20 for an überheavy one-semester subject (used by my Uni, La Trobe,
> and at least one other in Melbourne, which qualifies for common, but at
> least one other uses a different scheme).
>
> I would assume, then, that Chris is talking about a light subject.
>
> --
> Tristan.
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